Thank you to our advertisers and loyal readers who support our publication! Special shoutout to these advertisers for supporting our Spring 2020 edition! Clear Vision with Confidence Lakewood Health System Belle Cheveux Salon & Spa Borden Steinbauer Krueger & Knudson P.A. Brainerd Public Schools Community Education Brainerd Public Schools Crow Wing Power Brainerd/Baxter Cub Foods E.L. Menk Jewelers Essentia Health St. Joseph's-Baxter Clinic First National Bank North Frandsen Bank & Trust Good Samaritan Society Hirshfield's Jana Froemming, Realtor, Positive Realty Midwest Family Eye Center Pequot Lakes Supervalu Schroeder's Appliance Center Shannon's Auto Body, Inc. Brainerd Family YMCA
In case you missed your copy! See Her Voice here Featuring Lisa Haberman on the cover with story by Elsie Clasen Husom and photo by Joey Halvorson. Special thank you to our cover advertisers Accra Care and Embrace Women's Health Clinic
And, as always we are thrilled to have such wonderful writers, staff and features!! Amy Wallin Price Sheila McKinney DeChantal, Ann Rutger, Sue Ready, Sheila Helmberger, New Pathways, Sarah Nelson Katzenberger, Lakes Area Pregnancy Support Center, Nicole Stracek, Joan Hasskamp, Debbie Turner, Ashley Martel, Nancy Vogt Brook Mallak Ashley Nelson, Sharon Thorson, It's a WING DING thing, Jan Kurtz, Kim Raboin, Galina Weber, Erica Swenson,True North Ministries, Sue Smith-Grier True North Ranch, Jan Schmid, Backus Meat Locker, Sarah Herron DeLynn Howard Lisa Henry
View it online Herer: http://www.brainerddispatch.com/content/her-voice-magazine
For more than 17 years, two dynamic women have been working side by side in a profession most agree takes a special kind of heart and soul. As co-teachers and co-directors of Bright Beginnings Children’s Center, Sere Kratochwill and Jill Mick have never lost sight of their number one goal: providing a safe, loving and nurturing place for the lakes area’s littlest citizens.
See the full story in the summer edition of Her Voice. May 16!
Story by Becky Flansburg Photos by Joey Halvorson
Making a summer bucket list...we need your help!
Give us some suggestions, tell us what's on yours.
vacation? Try a new water sport? Run a 5K? Participate in area events? Remodel project? Go barefoot 90% of the time? Whatever it is, let us know.
This is seriously exciting and A BIG WIN for children's literacy! Becky Flansburg, Long time Her Voice Magazine writer and project manager for the non-profit Children's Literacy Initiative Multicultural Children's Book Day has shared with us that TODAY, January 27 is OFFICIALLY Multicultural Children's Book Day in Minnesota signed by MN Governor Mark Dayton! To celebrate the group will host an online Twitter Party TONIGHT! They will be giving away 100+ children’s books from 8pm to 9pm (Central). For more info and to RSVP: http://multiculturalchildrensbookday.com/mcbd2017-twitter-party-win-multicultural-books-and-have-great-book-conversations-12717/
Use hashtag #ReadYourWorld.
Get your a copy of Read Your World: A Guide to Multicultural Children’s Books for Parents and Educators. It’s FREE today through January 31st!
More on Rebecca Flansburg: "Becky" is a blogger and Virtual Assistant from Minnesota who writes about parenthood topics and moms in business. As Project Manager for Multicultural Children’s Book Day, blogger, WAHM, and freelance writer, Becky knows being a mom is The.Best.Thing.Ever and Team Family is #1. Her goal with Franticmommy is to provide tips, ideas, products and services to help other women realize their dreams of business ownership while also sharing the “holy crap!” moments of parenthood and life.
Attention advertisers! Last call for Her Voice Magazine Ads.
Topics for this upcoming issue:
Foodie Finds - Her Voice In Search
Oh Baby!- Pregnancy
Traveling to Australia
A Nun's Story
2017 Fashion color trends
Stonehouse Gal
Stained Glass
Splash Pad Fundraising
Nisswa Fitness
Living with Loss- A mother's Story
Fairy Garden
Jennifer Miller
AND MORE!!!!!
EXTRA PHOTOS by Joey Halvorson that you didn't see in the magazine :) After breaking a bone, Amy Shulz breaks into an IT career. Story by Becky Flansburg Amy is currently the business systems programmer and department head Grand View Lodge, a premier lakes area resort. See the whole story on PG 23 at: http://www.brainerddispatch.com/content/her-voice-magazine
SNEAK PEEK! Her Voice Winter edition is printing as we post! We're excited for another great holiday season and wonderful stories. On the cover: Sarah Schultz stands tall against mental illness stigma and doesn't hold back. Photo by Joey Halvorson. Also inside: Meet Kimmy from Wings Airport Cafe; Heidi Johnson Rudstrom can motivate just about anyone to have fun working out- Brainerd Family YMCA ; Amy Schulz from Grand View Lodge breaks into her IT career after breaking a bone. Mother/daughter duo excel in their creative business at Petals & Beans; The Center makes dolls and toys for children in trauma situations; AND MORE Look for it Nov. 15 in the Brainerd Dispatch and Nov. 17 in the Pineandlakes Echo Journal Meg Douglas Joey Halvorson Becky Flansburg
Breast Cancer Awareness
We are so very honored and thankful to feature survivors who are willing to share their very personal and compelling stories with us. A courageous gesture in an effort to raise awareness.
Ad Deadline: Sept. 7
2016 Publish dates:
Dispatch - Oct. 5
Echo Journal - Oct. 6
What does it take to bake 3,000 meat pies (pasties)?
2,000 lbs of veggies, 875 lbs of meat, 1, 375 lbs of flour and most important....Good friends with good hearts to help accomplish it all! Read about this fabulous group of women from St. Josephs Catholic Church, Crosby, Minnesota. Inside the 2016 Fall edition of Her Voice Magazine available Brainerd Dispatch or online: (Page 28) http://www.brainerddispatch.com/content/her-voice-magazine
Betty Platish (First photo,Left) is the woman who started it all! Pictured with Honey Olin. Story by Joan Hasskamp.
A strong woman is an understatement!
"On a good day, she can, and is thankful to feel the carpet beneath her bare feet. On a bad day, her toes won’t wiggle, and she painstakingly lifts each leg off the edge of the bed and steadies herself carefully on the bedroom floor. Sandie Youngblom, Pillager Area Fire & Rescue, has Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS)." Read more (Page 34) in the 2016 edition of Her Voice, available at the Brainerd Dispatch or online: http://www.brainerddispatch.com/content/her-voice-magazine
By Katie Seipp Deblock Photos by Joey Halvorson
Inside the 2016 Fall edition of Her Voice Magazine (available at the Brainerd Dispatch) "Final Celebrations" You can forget stereotypical notions of a funeral director! A surprisingly upbeat and light-hearted story about preparing the deceased for their "final big show, their big send off," as Casey Ringwelski Swantek say. Halvorson Johnson Funeral & Cremation Care. Beautifully told by Carolyn Corbett. See it online PAGE 38 http://www.brainerddispatch.com/content/her-voice-magazine
Iron (Wo)men!!
Six area women crossed the IRONMAN finish line- A triathlon including a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bicycle ride and a 6.2-mile marathon! See their unique challenges and victories! Sara Carlson Sherry Wright Sarah Simpson Michelle Andres Jan Handos and Stephanie Etterman.
Coming up in Her Voice fall edition Tuesday, August 25
Past cover girls of Her Voice.
